Back to work

I’m back from vacation, during which I did a lot of this, this, this and a whole lot of this. It was great, but all good things must end. Or so I’m told, so it’s back to work.

On the basketball front, everybody’s in town and playing ball (except for New York point guard Zamal Nixon, who will be on campus in early July). Expect more than a few of the Cougars to play in the Fonde Pro-Am. It seems Lanny, Fluff and Marcus Cousin are the first three in the pecking order, though Tom Penders and Melvin Haralson want as many Cougars as possible participating in the city’s toughest league.

And the Cougars should be getting a somewhat high-profile walk-on — Jordan Paultz, son of “The Whopper.” The 6-8 Whopper Jr., who played at Clear Lake High last season, is a project, but so was dear old dad at one time.

Another who might be walking on is Sam Anderson — yes Sam “Bam” Anderson, who gave up the life last season to go into business. Turns out that Big Sam didn’t want to give up on basketball after all, so he decided on a comeback. But first, he had bigger concerns — meaning he had to give up something far more dear. Get this — Sam Bam will be attempting to come back after donating a kidney to an ailing cousin, an operation that was peformed last weekend. Sam is now recovering, so his former — and future? — teammates signed a card and sent it to the man who gave the team an element of toughness that obviously was missing last season. Here’s to a speedy recovery.

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In baseball, Wes Musick picked up a postseason honor. The freshman went 6-5 with a team-best 3.00 ERA in 93 innings pitched, another team-high.